Pennship Log (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1945 Page: 3 of 4
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1945
PENNSHIP LOG
PAGE THREE
Accounting Goes On Moving Jag
Lorna Likes
Ogden “Ink”
“Chicken” Jenny Is
“Expert” On Golf
THERE WAS A GENERAL re-
arranging of the Accounting Dept,
last, week with Neale busy with
measuring stick and Bert Sande-
* fer and Sam Ebanks busy lifting
desks from one place to another
to the accomponiment of sugges-
tions just how it should be done
from onlookers.
It does look considerably bet-
ter but there is quite a bit of con-
fusion finding who sits where and
why.
WHEN LT. (JG) W. W. Ogden
won recognition in the local papers
for his work aboard the USS
GUAM, Mrs. W. W. Ogden, alias
Lorna Lucas, launched her own
private little scrap paper drive. If
you didn’t read in the newspaper
how Lt, Ogden and other crew
members of the GUAM are clean-
ing up a few things in the Pacific,
consult Lorna.
She has collected several thou-
sand copies and will be happy to
mail you a copy complete with a
photograph of her mate upon re-
quest. You’ll have to mail the
photograph back though. She has
only one.
CHICKEN JENNY, the “golf
expert,” seems to be teaching
Sam Ebanks and Duke Thames
the game. Gals go into gales of
laughter every time Chicken
.gives out a bit of advice on the
game.
“DAFFY” CHILDRESS is run-
ning everyone else daffy with her
apartment hunting. She says she
must go home for lunch every
day because soon she won’t have
a home to go to. Any day now
you might find Miss Childress
sleeping on a park bench.
EVELYN DEMPSEY features
attractive now coiffeurs. Her lat-
est was a psyche knot, the very
latest thing in hairdress and it
was most becoming.
WILLIE MAE GALLOWAY’S
hubby was givn a spot commission
as a second looey in Italy and is
* Willie Mae proud of Second Lt.
H. C. Galloway, Jr. H. C. was
formerly a tech sarge.
EVELYN RAY spent her vaca-
tion taking care of her husband
who underwent an appendectomy.
He is well on his way to com-
plete recovery.
ANITA SCHMITZ, secretary to
Mr. McGregor, didn’t have a
chance to leave town on her va-
cation because the whole darned
Air Corps objected.
SUNNY LAWLESS spent last
Sunday in Houston.
IF YOU NEED a pair of shoes
right quick, see Bessie Wallace,
who always has a pair for sale.
Right good looking shoes, too.
Wear ‘Bell Bottoms’
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THE THREE SONS OF H. T. Carruth, Sr., PSY electrician, ai,!v
went the Navy way and here they are pictured; above, left to right,
H. T. (Tommy), Jr., chief radio technician; Ensign Carl and Ap-
prentice Seaman Claude.
COXSWAIN HENRY OYEN
Lynch, USNR, has been overseas
18 months. His heme is in Silsbee.
J. C. PATTERSON, JR., former
machinist, is with the Merchant
Marine and for the past five
months has been helping ferry
supplies from one island to an-
other in the South Pacific.
PFC. LYNDELL H. VICKERS
has been awarded the Combat In-
fantry Badge for exemplary con-
duct in action on Luzon.
BILL ENGLE, former night
Welder on the East Ways, sends
greetings to Island friends.
CHARLES MILT, another night
welder, is also in Uncle Sam’s
army.
PFC. WILLIAM HILLIS Smith,
U. S. Marines, has again been as-
signed to duty in the Pacific area.
Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. H.
T. Carruth, Sr., 4330 Maddox,
have cast their lot with Uncle
Sam’s Navy.
H. T. (Tommy) Carruth, Jr.,
24, is chief radio technician on a
heavy cruiser and has ribbons for
Asiatic, European and Alaskan
service besides good conduct rib-
bons and 16 stars denoting major
campaigns. He enlisted in Hous-
ton on Dec. 10, 1941.
Ensign Carl Carruth, 20, enlist-
ed in June, 1943, and was Navy
V-12. I lb'was transferred from SLI
at Lafayette, La., to Tulane where
he was^commissioned in February,
1945. Ensign Carl has been in the
Philippines ince March. He grad-
uated from South Park High and
was a -sophomore at Lamar Col-
lege when he enlisted.
Claude M. Carruth, 18, is an ap-
prentice seaman at San Diego
where he is taking his “boot’’
training. He graduated from
South Park high in 1944.
Tommy had just been appoint-
ed as manager of the Marchand
Calculating Machine Co., office in
Springfield, 111., when he entered
the service. He had been employ-
ed in Houston for a year by that
company. Carl is senior deck of-
ficer on a sub-tender. He lacked
three months of obtaining his B.
S. degree at Texas U. and will re-
turn to college when he returns to
civilian life to complete his engi-
neering course.
“Papa” Carruth is employed in
the PSY Electrical Dept.
No Peace For Carpenter
Even Far Out In Country
PAINTERS
(Continued From Page One.)
J. D. WATT, head of the Sign
Shop, is vacationing at the beach.
Johnny Roberts is pinch-hitting
for J. D. as LOG reporter.
HERMAN BATES, timekeeper,
sends greetings to his Island
friends from Texas A&M where
he is studying “bugology.”
C. PAYNE HAS been made
night cleaner leaderman.
V. S. BOSWELL has been made
cleaner leaderman on the day
shift under Quarterman Chris
Borge.
NEW MEN IN THE Paint Dept,
on days, are J. Alfare in J. C.
Hillyer’s spray gun crew; J. F.
Davis, rehire under O. C. Dorsey
on Hull 346. New night men in-
clude C. V. Culberson, E. O. El-
liott, J. R. Fellers, J. V. Lakey, E.
R. Norfleet, E. L. Parrott, S. Rob-
erts and F. S. Sparks.
GENE SMITH MOVED out in
the country to have peace and
quiet but his friends won’t let him.
One visited him at 11:30 the other
j night and announced his visit by
throwing a stick up on the front
porch. The visit lasted until 2:30
P. M.
“PO. BOY” ,-BLOCK has been
nominated ^ the one who got the
most gijgg frym his vacation. Have
you noti|pd Nhe brand of clothes
that he J^as been wearing lately?
WE EXTEND OUR sympathies
to Tony ..Arena and wife in the
death of their infant son. Tom
Posey is to be remembered in the
death pi...his wife recently.
O. FONTENOT, Ira’s left-hand
man, has transferred out of the
department.
D. C. SAYES convalescing
from a-recent illness.
THE/NEW TOOL man is J. H.
Morris, who transferred out of the
shop.
HERTt)FORE WE \yere under
the impression that the “F. F.” in
the name of a certain leaderman
stood forEerdinand Fontenot, but
we have been informed recently
that it standsUor “Foo Foo” who
by the way has been traveling
about so much that he gets con-
fused as" to whether his men are
carpenters or helpers.
J. MQREST HAS A word of ad-
vice to pass on to one and all. “Be
sure th$t the man to whom you
are talking is the one that you
think it,.,is” (especially when you
are talkjjQg over the ’phone).
J. W. BRITT HAS hired in the
crew at night, outside. C. W. Mur-
rell hasfccome back on the day
shift as has G. W. Ault, who spent
the mosL of the time that he has
been gone from the yard in the
Army and we are told that he has
plenty to prove it. We are glad to
have alk.of these men come back.
FAIRY TALE
Here lies the body of Private
Grogan,
He died of a heart attack;
His cleaning was promised for
Tuesday
And on Tuesday he got it back!
Hurricanes and yellow fever
were hazards run by U. S. mer-
chant fleets in early South Amer-
ican trade.
“Soapless” Soap Helps
Wash Away Fuel Oil
Shipwrecked sailors covered
with fudl oil are now washed with
a new “soapless” soap, according
to the American Merchant Ma-
rine Institute.
The synthetic soap, tailor-made
by American chemists, is espe-
cially effective in cleaning men
who have-, been burned or injured
as it dp.es it quickly, safely and
with a .-minimum of pain.
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Save kitchen fats.
PSY FUTURE
(Continued From Page One.)
near future.
In some crafts, particualarly
welding, shipfitting and electrical
more workers are still badly need-
ed to finish the present contracts
on time.
Since 1922 Penn has built many
types of ships, cargo vessels,
tankers, oil barges and naval
craft and PSY expects their pro-
duction to continue after the war
just as it did in peacetime before
Pearl Harbor.
PennShip is now building AV-1
type cargo ships for the USMC
and these ships can be used in
peace time as well as for war. In
addition to these AV-1 vessels
there are a number of drill barges
being built under private contract.
The fabricating shops are also be-
ginning to take on private con-
tracts, PennShip fabricating shops
are equipped to handle any type of
steel construction used by the oil
industry in addition to bridge,
plate and other structural steel
fabrication.
THE YARD CAN EASILY
make the adjustment to 100 per
cent peacetime and private con-
tracts. Penn is equipped to do
conversion and repair work and
because of new and improved ma-
chine installation is in a much bet-
ter position than before the war
to construct the small cargo ves-
sels which will be in great demand
VET DIES
(Continued From Page One.)
Guy Kibbee, famous Hollywood
character actor.
He is survived by his wife, two
sons, Jack, of Houston, and Sgt.
Jim, of the South Pacific. Two
grandchildren also survive. An-
other son, Neville, his youngest,
died of wounds received in action
in Europe last fall.
A movement started by George
Allison, manager of the PSY
Sports, is now under way to
He is the son of Capt. Hillis Smith,
Jr., PSY Guard Force.
PFC. JAMES L. Norsworthy,
with the U. S. Army engineers in
the Philippines, sends greetings
to his friends on the Island.
“^FG^GYTEDGERrex-PSYnr
and son of Melvin Ledger, electri-
cian on the outfitting docks, has
been home on furlough after see-
ing service in the five major Euro-
pean areas. Pfc. Ledger is also a
nephew of L. R. Ledger, of the
Chipping Dept.
FRANK NEVILLE McGREW
name the softball diamonds at the
South Texas state fairgrounds
“McGrew Field” in honor of Mr.
McGrew, Beaumont’s No. 1 soft-
ball fan and ardent supporter of
the Elks who were playing the
Sports when he was stricken.
by private ship operators.
Wartime expansion has given
Penn a fine, well equipped Yard
geared for even better and more
efficient service to the shipping
world than before the war.
The Yard has plans not yet
ready to reveal that may mean
the enlargement of the Island fa-
cilities.
Penn officials hope that every
worker on the Island will stick
to his job.
Island Sports Seek __
City Softball Crown
The PSY Sports, who finished
second in the Beaumont Commer-
cial Softball league, are now
fighting it out with the Elks Club,
U. S. Marines and Firestone Syn-
thetics for the 1945 loop champion-
ship. The Elks copped the
straightaway title and the Marines
and Firestones tied for third place
to land playoff spots.
PSY Vagabonds, Lions Club
Humble and Southern Acid fin-
ished in that order behind the top
place clubs over the regular sea-
son.
The Sports defeated the Syn-
thetics, 4 to 2, in their first Shaugh-
nessy game while the Elks mauled
the Marines, 17 to 1. Shaughnessy
play will be resumed tomorrow
night at the South Texas state
fairgrounds. The Elks won 13 and
lost one over the regular season
while the Sports won 12 and lost
2. The Vagabonds won six and
lost eight.
Here are recent results:
July 31: Elks 8, Sports 1;
Vagabonds 9, Southern Acid 0.
(Forfeit); Aug. 2: Sports 9, South-
ern Acid 0. (Forfeit); Elks 12,
Vagabonds 2. Aug. 7: Sports 11,
Marines 0; Lions 22, Vagabonds 10.
IF YOU NEED A TRUCK in a
hurry, the Island telephone num-
ber to cail is 351. The truck head-
quarters telephone is 202.
BESIDES EATING, John Berry
is doing a bit of painting on
trucks and cars at the truck shop.
CORP. HITCHCOCK, formerly
“All-American”, is the champion
a r compressor fixer-upper on the
Island.
C. C. BAGGETT’S wife who is
ill in San Angelo is much better.
MACHINIST COLE says if he
stays here long enough he might
learn to like ice cream.
ASK B. D. MILLER why he
can t go back to upper East
Texas.
THE OFFICE FORCE in the
Truck Dept., is looking for their
overcoats. It was only 106 there
last week.
BOND, BODY REPAIR expert,
is getting a great deal more body
work. Why don’t these people
take better care of their bodies?
LUNCH
(Continued From Page One.)
for the two lunch periods is ex-
plained in the following directive
from Gen. Supt. L. C. Allen’s of-
fice:
In an effort to arrange the
lunch period so that all employees
who desire to eat in the Canteens
may receive better and quicker
service, the following schedule of
lunch periods will be in effect be-
ginning Monday, August 13, 1945:
All employes working on the
outfitting docks, that is 300 foot,
400 foot, 550 foot and 800 foot
docks and on ships at these docks;
all employees of subcontractors
and United States Steel Products
Company will go to lunch from
11:30 a. m. to 12:00 noon.
* All other employees will go to
lunch during the period 12:00
noon to 12:30 p. m.
Schedule of whistles in accord-
ance with the above:
11:30 a. m., beginning first
lunch period.
12:00 noon, end of first lunch
period and beginning of second
second lunch period.
12:30 p. m., end of second lunch
period.
The Company must receive the
cooperation and support of every
employee if this plan j,s to work. It
is, therefore, requested that each
employee cooperate by not leaving
his job before his proper lunch
period and by making certain that
he is back on his job by the end
of his lunch period.
The above plan is offered for
your convenience in the effort to
provide you with better eating fa-
cilities. Whether this plan works
or not is up to you. Failure of the
plan may mean closing of the Can-
teens. Therefore please give us
your help.
Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc.r
L. C. Allen, General Sup.t
THE SHARP reduction con-
templated by Uncle Sam in small
arms ammunition production
doesn’t mean that PennShip hunt-
ers will get more shotgun shells
during the coming season. The
proposed revisions are only two
of the eight major types of shells.
INEXPENSIVE SHOES for
adults costing $3.50 or less will be
removed from the ration list from
August 27 through October 13.
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